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The Bar Council of India (BCI) connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) asked the West Bengal Bar Council to furnish a elaborate study wrong 48 hours regarding the enrolment and nonrecreational signifier presumption of erstwhile Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Earlier successful the day, Ms. Banerjee, successful a lawyer's gown, appeared earlier the Calcutta High Court to reason a lawsuit successful transportation with alleged post-poll unit and attacks connected enactment offices.
As per prevalent practice, a idiosyncratic who was holding a law station oregon gainfully employed has to get the barroom licence suspended during the service, and for practising instrumentality again, the aforesaid has to beryllium revived. In a letter, BCI directed the caput of the West Bengal Bar Council to furnish, wrong 2 days, implicit records relating to Banerjee’s enrolment arsenic an advocate, if any, and her signifier presumption during and aft her tenure arsenic Chief Minister from 2011 to 2026.
The communication, issued by BCI Principal Secretary Sriramanto Sen, stated that the Council had taken enactment of “various media reports” claiming that Ms. Banerjee appeared successful tribunal successful ineligible attire, including achromatic advocator bands.
“Mamata Banerjee served arsenic Chief Minister of West Bengal from 2011 to 2026. Having respect to the law nationalist bureau held by her during the said period, and without expressing immoderate sentiment astatine this signifier connected the permissibility oregon different of specified appearance, the Bar Council of India requires the factual presumption of her enrolment, practice, suspension, if any, and resumption, if any, to beryllium verified from your records,” the connection said.
